Indian Railways — suburban train timings chennai to chengalpattu

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600034

The suburban train time tables for the chennai - chengalpattu route seems to have drawn up decades ago when there was not much outbound traffic beyond tambaram. Those were the days when the population in the suburbs commuted to the city for work or education.

But with burgeoning it companies, industrial parks and engineering colleges in the city'outskirts, a large number of people travel from the city to the suburbs for work or education.

But this huge and visible shift in travel patterns seems to have escaped the eyes and senses of the railway authorities in chennai. Most offices, banks, courts, colleges open around 9.30.-10 am. So the peak hours for travel would be between 8 am and 10 am. How does one justify a time table which offers one train from tambaram to cpt at 8.35 am and the next at 9.20 and a third at 9.51 am. The 9.20 train is a 8 coach memu and is invariably late. So it is always packed to the gills..

Commuters from the city (Say nungambakkam or mambalam) including working women have to catch a train before 8.00 am if they have to reach work on time.in case they miss the one train even by a few seconds, they have no choice but to reach office or school only by 10.30 - 10.45.

Will the railways please wake up and show some sympathy to hapless passengers?

If they are unable to run additional trains within the city, they could atleast run shuttle services between tambaram and chengalpattu every 20 minutes between 8 and 10 am. This will greatly relieve passengers of stress and discomfort.

For an immediate start, they could replace the antiquated memu with a regular 12 coach unit so that it can carry a few more passengers in relatively better comfort.

One does pray this plea will be heard and something will be done about it. A thousand passengers will be grateful.

Thank you.